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Malala Yousafzai Ethos Pathos Logos

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Malala Yousafzai is a 16 year old activist that’s fighting for children's education. She gave her famous speech to the officials of the UN. She was presenting her speech to stand up for education for every male and female. Malala justified, there to be education for every woman, man, and child. Her supporting arguments are that the Taliban are scared of change and learning about new innovations. Although what's massively lacking in her speech is logos. Despite the fact she used lots of pathos in her speech in which she was using to manipulate the audience's feelings towards the Taliban's actions. Her most powerful use of rhetoric in her speech was by far pathos. She has used herself being shot as an advantage into the audience's emotions. …show more content…

She uses many authority figures that have helped her along her journey of education rights. Malala is taking the time to acknowledge the nurses and doctor in the hospital when she was shot.“I would like to thank my nurses, doctors and all of the staff of the hospitals in Pakistan and the UK and the UAE government who have helped me get better and recover my strength.” In the end her thanking everyone three full paragraphs might have not been such a great idea. She could have use thous paragraph to make her arguments even stronger. With that being said she has used ethos in the sense of mentioning credible nurses and doctors. Saying that they have help her recover from her wounds for the Taliban. Including another quote for her speech is mention a secretary general that everyone is tired of these wars and to be able to learn we need peace. “Honorable Secretary General, peace is necessary for education. In many parts of the world especially Pakistan and Afghanistan; terrorism, wars and conflicts stop children to go to their schools.” Malala is bluntly saying that wars need to stop right this moment or children in certain countries will not learn in school or anywhere.To conclude Malala’s use of ethos is just as unbelievable as her use of pathos with her mention many political figures and

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